Asian Art Market Continues Rapid Ascent at Sotheby’s $270 M. Hong Kong Sales
about 37 months ago (04/19/2021)
Asian Art Market Continues Rapid Ascent at Sotheby’s $270 M. Hong Kong Sales Pablo Picasso, Buste de matador , 1970; Sanyu, Nu avec un pékinois , ca. 1950s. Sotheby’s Sotheby’s three live-streamed evening sales of modern and contemporary art held on Sunday and Monday night in Hong Kong brought in a hammer total of HKD 1.46 billion, or HKD 2.1 billion with premium ($269.8 million), exceeding the collective pre-sale low estimate of HKD 1.4 billion ($179 million), across 91 works sold.